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CONTENTS
OF
THE THIRD VOLUME.
SERMON I.
INQUIRY AFTER HAPPINESS.
PSALM iv. 6. There be many that say, Who will shew us
any good? Lord, lift thou up the light of thy coun-
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tenance upon us.
SERMON II.
THE HOUSE OF FEASTING AND THE HOUSE OF MOURNING
DESCRIBED.
ECCLES. vii. 2, 3. It is better to go to the house of
mourning than to the house of feasting.
SERMON III.
PHILANTHROPY. RECOMMENDED.
II
LUKE, X. 36, 37. Which now of these three, thinkest
thou, was neighbour unto him that fell amongst the
thieves? And he said, He that shewed mercy on him,
Then said Jesus unto him, Go and do thou like-
wise.
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SERMON IV.
SELF-KNOWLEDGE.
2 SAM. xii. 7. Ist Part. And Nathan said unto David,
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SERMON V.
THE CASE OF ELIJAH AND THE WIDOW OF ZAREPHATH
CONSIDERED.
I KINGS, xvii. 16. And the barrel of meal wasted not,
neither did the cruse of oil fail, according to the word
of the Lord which he spake by the prophet Elijah. 43
SERMON VI.
PHARISEE AND PUBLICAN IN THE TEMPLE.
LUKE, Xviii. 14. 1st Part. I tell you, this man went
down to his house justified rather than the other.
SERMON VII.
VINDICATION OF HUMAN NATURE.
ROM. xiv. 7. For none of us liveth to himself.
SERMON VIII.
TIME AND CHANCE.
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ECCLES. ix. 11. I returned and saw under the sun, that
the race is not to the swift, nor the battle to the
strong; neither yet bread to the wise, nor yet riches
to men of understanding, nor yet favour to men of
skill, but time and chance happeneth to them
all.
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SERMON IX.
THE CHARACTER OF HEROD.
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MATT. xi. 17, 18. Then was fulfilled that which was
spoken by Jeremy the prophet, saying, In Rama was